Communist Party of Nepal

The Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) was a communist political party in Nepal that was active from 15 September 1949 to April 1962. The party was formed to struggle against the Rana monarchs, feudalism, and imperialism, and the party assisted in the overthrow of the monarchy in 1951. On 24 January 1952, the CPN was outlawed by the monarchy, and the ban on the party was lifted in April 1956. The CPN supported the 1960 royal coup, and it was banned in 1961 alongside all other political parties in Nepal. In 1962, the party split into two different parties, named "Amatya" and "Rayamjhi", and it would continue to be divided into more and more communist parties into the 1990s.